Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW on G4 MDD ?

Hello,
I bought myself a Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW since I only got a Combo Drive in my G4 Mirror Door Drives. The guy at Futureshop told me that if my Mac is IDE/ATA compatible, it should work fine even if Sony claims it only works on Wintel PCs.
I first installed it in cable select mode: Combo first, Sony second, just like Apple request it in the installer guide. My G4 only recognise the Combo Drive. No Sony anywhere...
Then I tried the Master/Slave mode: Combo as Master, Sony as Slave. That's even worst: my G4 don't recognise any of the two drives...
What can I do? Can I use the Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW in a G4 MDD or is it really PC only?
Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much MacRN!
I’ve put the Sony DVD±RW in first and the Combo Drive second on Cable Select mode and the System Profiler now recognise both drives. I tryed booting and writing a 8x DVD-R and everything is perfect.
I really don’t know why the other combinaison didn’t work but that’s not that important.
I will put my problem in the XLR8 database so it can help others.
Thanks again!

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